App Annie Expands International Operations with New Office in London

App Annie Expands International Operations with New Office in London
Former Glu executive Olivier Bernard joins executive team to bring app store
analytics and market intelligence solutions to EMEA
PR Newswire
LONDON AND BEIJING, Jan. 23, 2013
LONDON ANDBEIJING, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --App Annie, the industry
leader in app store analytics and market intelligence, today announced another
milestone in the company's momentum with the opening of a new office in
London. The London office builds on App Annie's local presence in Beijing,San
Francisco, Tokyo and Hong Kong, and will serve as a hub for operations across
Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA).App Anniealso announced today the
appointment of mobile gaming industry veteran Olivier Bernard as Vice
President, EMEA. Bernard will lead App Annie's sales and operations in the
region.
According to App Annie's recent App Annie Index™ the United Kingdom ranked as
one of the top four countries leading downloads and revenue in the iOS and
Google Play stores. As the market for mobile apps continues to accelerate
throughout EMEA,App Annie will be on the ground to provide trusted data and
market intelligence to help inform the region's investor, publisher, mobile
and gaming industries.
Bernard brings with him more than a decade of international sales, business
development and operational management experience in the mobile and gaming
industries. Prior to App Annie, Bernard served as VP and General Manager of
International at Glu mobile, a global publisher of mobile games. At Glu, he
was responsible for managing the company's client base and overseeing all
operations in EMEA, Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Latin America (LATAM) regions.
Previous to Glu, Bernard held senior business positions within the gaming
industry at Vodafone Group and Atari. He holds an M.A. in History and
Political Science from University Lyon 2 in Lyon, France.
"I'm looking forward to continuing to increase App Annie's local presence
across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and forging new business
relationships throughout the region," said Bernard. "With an already strong
presence in the U.S. and Asian markets, EMEA is the next natural market for
App Annie to tap into and I'm excited to serve our clients in the region with
the local support they need to be successful."
About App Annie
App Annie is the industry leader in app store analytics and market
intelligence for the global app economy. More than 80 percent of the Top 100
iOS publishers by worldwide revenues use its services, and more than 150,000
apps rely daily on App Annie Analytics to track their downloads, revenues,
rankings and reviews. The company is tracking more downloads and revenues than
any other app store market data company – to date, over 11 billion downloads
and more than US$ 1.5 billion in app store publisher revenues. App Annie is a
privately held global company with offices in Beijing, San Francisco, London,
Tokyo and Hong Kong. For more information, and to stay up to date on App Annie
news, visitwww.appannie.com, check out ourblogand follow@AppAnnieon
Twitter.
SOURCE App Annie
Website: http://www.appannie.com
Contact: Mina Manchester, Bateman Group, +1-415-503-1818,
appannie@bateman-group.com